yatstv Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 a warning to u all.!!! i have a creative gforce 4 Ti4600, i have had it for 1 and half years. now it runs like a piece of crap. havent overclocked it, and have tried new drivers and older drivers and it makes no diference. i used to run 3dmark 01 se and i would get inbetween 10,000 and 13,000. now i get between 8,000 no higher than 9,000. has the creative card ran its life already meaning its not so good, or is there something u GPU wizards know about? P.S. its not hot as it has a iceberg 4 pro cooler too. temps are. CPU @ 30'C - 31'C constantly system @ 36'C - 40'C depending on wether i think the creative graphics cards arent much copp! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 As a video card dies the scores don't drop or anything....it just artifacts. That sounds more like a driver issue or something. Make sure you have the latest drivers for everything, do a virus/spyware scan, etc. The scores should not drop due just to it getting old. Also, when was the last time you reformatted and reinstalled windows? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 3dm01se can be affected by your system speed a lot... try downloading the omega drivers from www.omegadrivers.net have you changed some settings for your cpu or ram or mobo lately ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yatstv Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 no, windows was installed 3 weeks ago, i defragged last night, i have the latest drivers for everything else, and i have tried new drivers for the graphics, but i heard that the new drivers are more for the new fx cards and have alot of stuff in them that is no use for the old style cards and dont do it any favours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted July 10, 2004 Posted July 10, 2004 check what stuff is running in the background then... could be hogging your system power... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some_Guy_ Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 Yeah, I use the 45.23 drivers for my ti4600 and my wife's ti500 (yeah, I didn't sell it) because I find the performance is better than any newer releases. Like Eva said, as a card dies it doesn't slow down like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agallion Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 ti4600 is an awsome card, raw power Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yatstv Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 WHERE CAN I GET OLDER DRIVERS FROM, CAUSE I CANT FIND ANY. IT DID WORK BETTER WITH THE OLDER DRIVERS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agallion Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 (edited) or the cd that came with the card Edited July 11, 2004 by Agallion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some_Guy_ Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 Drectly from nVidia. When you go to download the drivers, click on the "archive" link on the left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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